University of Texas at San Antonio Highlights brochure, 1995

UTSA OUTREACH
UTSA has 2+2 curriculum agreements with area community
colleges that ensure a seamless transfer to UTSA degree programs.
An exchange agreement between UTSA and La Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico enables students and faculty to
pursue research and scholarly activities in Mexico.
The Center for Educational Development and Excellence is a
collaborative effort among San Antonio colleges and universities to
provide lifelong professional development for teachers. The Center
is funded by a $1.9 million grant from the Texas Education Agency.
Numerous outreach programs to the public schools include
programs to serve at-risk populations. Among them are the
Prefreshman Engineering Program; the Comprehensive Regional
Science Center for Minorities; the San Antonio Science Collabora­tive
and the Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program.
The All iance for Education, a collaborative program with San
Antonio schools, focuses on improving science education, with
particular emphasis on minority and female students.
UTSA DOWNTOWN
UTSA Downtown is located temporarily in Cypress Tower and
serves more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students who
live and work near downtown. Site planning and design of an initial
building for a new UTSA Downtown Campus have been approved.
The first building is scheduled for completion in 1997 and will
accommodate up to 4,000 students who will have access to a full
range of courses and student suppolt services.
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Cypress Tower also is home to
UTSA's seven economic develop­ment
centers, which serve 79
counties in South Texas and have
an annual economic impact of
more than $10 million. The
centers assist small business and
government by offering consult­ing
services, training, analytical
reponing and grants.
UTSA's Extended Education
program at Cypress Tower
provides lifelong teaming in a
wide range of subjects, including
professional development, small
business management and leisure.
Undergraduate 14,775
Graduate 2,804
Female 9,403
Male 8,176
Minority 7,395
Full-time 10,157
Age 17-22 6,874
Age 23-29 5,967
Age 30+ 4,738
UTSA ECONOMIC IMPACT
84.05
15.95
53.49
46.51
42.07
57.78
39.10
33.94
26.95
UTSA directly and indirectly produces annual business activity
in Texas totaling $8 18.1 million, resulting in 5,442 jobs and $159.2
million in personal income.
A study conducted recently found that construction at UTSA
would produce $99.7 mill ion in expenditures in the San Antonio
metropolitan area and S 169 .I million in Texas. Construction
provided 1,289 jobs in San Antonio and 2,100 jobs in Texas.
The Institute ofTexan Cultures Folklife Festival created $27.3
million in expenditures for San Antonio and $30.1 million for the
state; and the UTSA Economic Development Centers produced
$97.7 million in expenditures for San Antonio and $104.9 million
for the state.
UTSA provides leadership throughout its Historically
Underutilized Business Initiative Program. In the 1994 fiscal year,
more than 16 percent of all designated UTSA purchases were from
women and minority-owned businesses.
UTSA provides many hidden benefits to the state, including
continuing education services, business and professional services,
public events and community services. In 1992-93, for example,
UTSA provided 1,086 continuing education seminars/workshops to
more than 32,000 participants.
1995
Highlights
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UTSA ACADEMICS
UTSA is the city's only comprehensive public un iversity
and a leading university in South Texas, with 76 undergradu­ate
and graduate degree programs. There are 360 fu ll-time
tenured or tenure-track faculty, 99 percent of whom hold
doctorates or equivalent terminal degrees.
UTSA is accredited by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools and has the only College of Business
in the area accredi ted by the American Association of
Collegiate Schools of Business.
Recently approved bachelor's degree programs include
communication, Mexican-American studies, philosophy and
tourism management. New master's degree programs in art
hi story, taxation and psychology also have been inaugurated.
The University is actively planning for new master's
degrees in architecture, political science and sociology as
well as new doctoral opportunities in bicultural-bilingual
studies, business , computer science, educational leadership
and engineering.
ACADEMIC DEGREl: SUMMARY
Baccalaureate: 48
Master's: 2'7
Doctorate: 1
UTSA ACADEMIC STRUCTURE
College of Business
Division of Accounting and
Information Systems
Division of Economics and
Finance
Division of Management
and Marketing
College of Fine Arts
and Humanities
Division of Art and
Architecture
Division of English,
Classics and Philosophy
Division of Foreign
Languages
Division of Music
CoUe,_ge of Sciences and
Engineering
Division of Earth and Physical
Sciences
Divisfon of Engineering
Division of Life Sciences
Division of Mathematics,
Computer Science and Statistics
College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences
Division of Behavioral and
Cultural Sciences
Division of Bicultural-Bilingual
Studies
Division of Education
Division of Social and Policy
Sciences
QUALITY OF UTSA STUDENTS
UTSA students must qualify for admission. High school class
rankings and SAT or ACT scores are used to determine eligibility
of en tering freshmen.
UTSA freshmen pass the Texas Academic Skills Proficiency test
at a higher rate than the state or South Texas average.
The GRE (Graduate Record Exam) scores for UTSA graduate
students have increased 75 points in the last five years.
UTSA attracts applicants who score at or above the state and
UTSA CAMPUS FACILITIES
The University of Texas at
San Antonio is located on a
600 acres south and west of
the Anderson Loop and 1-10
intersection. UTSA 's official
address is 6900 North Loop
1604 West, San Antonio,
Texas 78249. Phone: {210)
691-4690.
Major streets serving the
main UTSA campus include
John Peace Boulevard,
Babcock Road, UTSA
Boulevard, Walter Brenan
Avenue, James Bauerle
Boulevard, and Edward
Ximenes Avenue.
The Institute of Texan
Cultures, located in the
HemisFair Park in down­town
San Antonio, also is
part of UTSA. The lTC
opened in 1968 as the
Texas Pavilion at HemisFair.
national averages on the ACT and SAT. African-Americans and
Hispanics who enroll at UTSA have higher scores than the
expected scores for their groups both at the state and the national
levels.
UTSA accounting graduates are ranked fourth nationally in
passing the Uniform CPA Examination on the fi rst attempt.
UTSA human resource majors performed 30 percent above the
national average on the Human Resource Certi fication Exam. The
Human Resource Management Association has been ranked as one
The lTC maintains 50,000
square feet of exhibits on
the 30 ethnic and cultural
groups that settled Texas.
More than 400, 000 visitors
tour the./nstitute each
year. The fTC's address is
801 S. Bowie, San
Antonio, TX 78205.
Phone: (210) 558-2300.
The new UTSA Down­town
Campus is under
development on a 12-acre
site bounded by f-35 South
and Frio, Durango and Buena
Vista streets. Leased facilities
temporarily house downtown
programs in Cypress Tower,
1222 N. Main. Phone: (210)
558-2400.
The UTSA Library, located
in the John Peace Library
Building, offers a broad range
of electronic reference
resources and services and a
solid core of 500,000 books
and journals.
Permanent campus
facilities include an art gallery,
tennis courts, a residence
hall, playing fields, art
studios, greenhouses and the
Sombriffa, a unique outdoor
plaza.
Long-range development
on the UTSA campus is
guided by a campus master
plan, which calls for a com­prehensive
building program
to address critical space
shortages.
of the top live student organizations in the United States ror the
last six years.
Three UTSA music majors hold Presidential Honor Scholar­ships.
Music students took top awards at the National Association
of Teachers of Singing Competition and dominated the South'
Texas Association of Teachers of Singing Competition.
The debate team is ranked fifth nationally out of 400 member
schools.
UTSA has a comprehensive honors program for exceptionally
gifted undergraduates.
The Tomas Rivera Center for Student Advising provides
academic advising and learning assistance services for new
students.
UTSA ENROLLMENT
The official fall 1994 enrollment of 17,579 students at the
University of Texas at San Antonio was a new enrollment record.
UTSA continues to be one of the state's most rapidly growing
public universities.
The number of graduate students grew 24 percent in the fall of
1994 to a total of 2,804 students.
There were 6,116 Hispanic students enrolled, about 35 percent
of all students. There were 7,395 minority students enrolled,
nearly 42 percent of all students.
African-American student enrollment increased 13 percent
from 547 students to 620.
UTSA is predicted to be the fastest-growing four­year
institution in Texas through the year 2005.
Hispanics will account for the majority of that
growth.
With each year more UTSA students are being
drawn from throughout the South Texas
and Border region.
By the year 2000, UTSA
wi ll have 7,000 minorities
enrolled in "critical
fields" such as
science, engineer­ing,
business and
education.
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15
10
UTSA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
One of the youngest NCAA Division I schools in the nation,
UTSA began athletic competition in 1981 . UTSA is San Antonio's
only Division I institution.
A member of the Southland Conference, UTSA fields teams in
14 sports- men's and women's basketball, men's and women's
cross country, men's golf, men's and women's indoor track and
field, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's outdoor
track and field, women's volleyball, men's baseball and women's
softball.
Athletic facilities include the 5,1 00-seat Convocation Center,
newly constructed stadiums for baseball and softball, lO lighted
tennis courts with seating for 500, the UTSA Track Center and the
Physical Education Building.
The men's basketball team advanced to the 1988 NCAA
Tournament and also became one of the first teams in history to
claim back-to-back titles in two different conferences, the Trans
America Athletic Conference in I 991 and the Southland Confer­ence
in 1992. The men's cross country team won five straight titles
in the TAAC (I 986-90). Women runners won nine straight titles in
the SLC in cross country,
and indoor and outdoor
track and field.
Each year UTSA
student-athletes in the
Roadrunners for Educa­tion
program visit I 50
elementary and middle
schools to discuss the
importance of staying in
school.
Capping an outstanding
I 993-94 athletic season,
the UTSA women brought
home the Southland
Conference's Belle Mead
Holm Trophy, which goes
to the conferences' top
all-around program. The
UTSA men finished
fourth in the race for the
Dick Oliver Trophy.
Business Building
The Umverts1ty of Texas at San Antonio
Ford. Powell and Carson ProJect Archl(ects
UTSA BUILDINGS PLANNED
Business Building
Scheduled for completion in the fall of I 996, this 205,000-
square-foot building will increase available classroom space
by 35 percent and provide a new home for UTSA's College of
Business, a University Visitor's Center, 100 additional faculty
offices, and various multi-purpose and conference rooms.
UTSA Downtown
Site and design plans for the initial phase of the UTSA
Downtown Campus have been approved. The first bui lding on
the 12-acre site bounded by I-35 South and Frio, Durango and
Buena Vista streets is scheduled for completion in I 997.
Engineering/Biotechnology Building (Phase II)
This phase will double the space contained in the Engineer­ing
Building and permit the full development of the doctoral
program in biology. Estimated cost of the 50.000 square-foot
project is $17 million. Construction is set for I 995 with
completion in 1997.
University Center Expansion
Approved by a student referendum and supported by
student fees, this $12 million expansion of the University
Center will triple the space available for UTSA's 150 student
organizations and provide expanded conference, recreation,
food service, retail services, informal study and social areas.
Construction will begin in the spring of 1995.
UTSA - AN OVERVIEW
The University of Texas at San Antonio is the city 's only
comprehensive public universi ty, with 17,579 students in
undergraduate and graduate programs.
Established in 1969 as an academic component of the UT
System, UTSA is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the 1994-
95 academic year with a series of special events.
More than 6, l 00 UTSA students - 35 percent of the total
enrollment -are Hispanic.
UTSA offers more than 74 undergraduate and graduate
degree programs. This year, graduate enrollment increased
nearly 24 percent.
During this decade UTSA is expected to continue as one of
the state's fastest-growing universities. Low tuition, extensive
financial aid programs and an outstanding faculty are factors
making UTSA increasingly an institution of first choice for
students.
About 2,000 UTSA students live on campus in the resi­dence
hall or in University Oaks Apartments, and more on­campus
housing is planned. There are about 150 student
organizations at UTSA.
UTSA is a powerful force for economic development in
San Antonio and South Texas. UTSA has a total annual
economic impact in Texas of more than $500 million.
UTSA RESEARCH
Funds derived from federal. state and local sources to support
research and public service at UTSA are an important part of the
University's budget and its economic impact on San Antonio.
Total funding for research and other sponsored programs has
steadily increased at UTSA during the last decade and is up more
than 14 percent over FY 1993.
During the FY 1994, UTSA spent $12,702,915 on research and
other sponsored programs, an increase of $1,519,382, over the
previous year.
Faculty members have been awarded numerous research grants
and contracts from federal agencies, including the National Science
Foundation, NASA, the National Institutes of Health and the
Department of Defense.
A $3.8 million Institution Research Award from NASA to research
advanced aeronautic technology will fund projects in engineering,
earth science, and space science. The grant provides increased
opportunities for under-represented minorities to participate in and
benefit from NASA and federal research programs.
The College of Sciences and Engineering has received a $3.7
million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct
biomedical research and to train undergraduate minority students
for careers in biomedical research.
The Center for Water Research conducts extensive research on the
hydrogeology of the carbonate aquifer systems in South Central
Texas.
The Hispanic Research Center provides an interdisciplinary focus
for research on Hispanic populations in the United States and in
Texas/South Texas in particular. The Center recen tly received a $1.5
million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to expand its
research efforts on substance use among Mexican American popula­tions.
The Institute for Studies in Business offers an interdisciplinary
approach to research and education by focusing on theories and
research to produce useful information for decision making.
The Center for Archaeological Research recently received a grant
to fund its Legacy program, which promotes the teaching of archae­ology
and anthropology in the public schools.
The Center for the Study of Women and Gender promotes multi ­disciplinary,
multicultural and global research on topics related to
women and gender. The Center recently sponsored a national
conference on U.S.-Latin-American Trade and Women.
RESEARCH/SPONSORED PROGRAMS
FY 1994
$12,702,915
Expenditures Sources of Funds
UTSA STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS
A set of Strategic Directions has been endorsed to guide UTSA's
development as one of the nation's leading metropolitan universities:
• UTSA will move toward national recogni tion as a model of the new
comprehensive metropolitan university.
• UTSA will become a national center of excellence for the education
of Hispanics at the master's and doctoral level. Equally, the
University will assume leadership in research on Hispanic issues.
• UTSA will become a model for university linkages with the city
and region to address goals of mutual concern.
• UTSA will become a center for international programs, with
particular emphasis on Inter-American programs.
UTSA MARKS OF EXCELLENCE
Thirty-four new faculty joined UTSA in the fall of 1994 from
universities throughout the U.S. and abroad. Two-thirds of these
faculty were women and minorities.
UTSA faculty members have earned 39 prestigious Fulbright
fellowships to teach and conduct research abroad.
The South Texas/Border Region Initiative is bringing more than
$70 million to UTSA for new programs and building projects from
state appropriations and tuition revenue bonds.
UTSA has been named to the 170-member National Association of
State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, joining six other select
institutions in Texas.
The University's Tomas Rivera Center for Student Advising on the
first floor of the John Peace Library Building provides learning
assistance, academic advising and counseling services.

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UTSA OUTREACH
UTSA has 2+2 curriculum agreements with area community
colleges that ensure a seamless transfer to UTSA degree programs.
An exchange agreement between UTSA and La Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico enables students and faculty to
pursue research and scholarly activities in Mexico.
The Center for Educational Development and Excellence is a
collaborative effort among San Antonio colleges and universities to
provide lifelong professional development for teachers. The Center
is funded by a $1.9 million grant from the Texas Education Agency.
Numerous outreach programs to the public schools include
programs to serve at-risk populations. Among them are the
Prefreshman Engineering Program; the Comprehensive Regional
Science Center for Minorities; the San Antonio Science Collabora­tive
and the Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program.
The All iance for Education, a collaborative program with San
Antonio schools, focuses on improving science education, with
particular emphasis on minority and female students.
UTSA DOWNTOWN
UTSA Downtown is located temporarily in Cypress Tower and
serves more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students who
live and work near downtown. Site planning and design of an initial
building for a new UTSA Downtown Campus have been approved.
The first building is scheduled for completion in 1997 and will
accommodate up to 4,000 students who will have access to a full
range of courses and student suppolt services.
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Cypress Tower also is home to
UTSA's seven economic develop­ment
centers, which serve 79
counties in South Texas and have
an annual economic impact of
more than $10 million. The
centers assist small business and
government by offering consult­ing
services, training, analytical
reponing and grants.
UTSA's Extended Education
program at Cypress Tower
provides lifelong teaming in a
wide range of subjects, including
professional development, small
business management and leisure.
Undergraduate 14,775
Graduate 2,804
Female 9,403
Male 8,176
Minority 7,395
Full-time 10,157
Age 17-22 6,874
Age 23-29 5,967
Age 30+ 4,738
UTSA ECONOMIC IMPACT
84.05
15.95
53.49
46.51
42.07
57.78
39.10
33.94
26.95
UTSA directly and indirectly produces annual business activity
in Texas totaling $8 18.1 million, resulting in 5,442 jobs and $159.2
million in personal income.
A study conducted recently found that construction at UTSA
would produce $99.7 mill ion in expenditures in the San Antonio
metropolitan area and S 169 .I million in Texas. Construction
provided 1,289 jobs in San Antonio and 2,100 jobs in Texas.
The Institute ofTexan Cultures Folklife Festival created $27.3
million in expenditures for San Antonio and $30.1 million for the
state; and the UTSA Economic Development Centers produced
$97.7 million in expenditures for San Antonio and $104.9 million
for the state.
UTSA provides leadership throughout its Historically
Underutilized Business Initiative Program. In the 1994 fiscal year,
more than 16 percent of all designated UTSA purchases were from
women and minority-owned businesses.
UTSA provides many hidden benefits to the state, including
continuing education services, business and professional services,
public events and community services. In 1992-93, for example,
UTSA provided 1,086 continuing education seminars/workshops to
more than 32,000 participants.
1995
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UTSA ACADEMICS
UTSA is the city's only comprehensive public un iversity
and a leading university in South Texas, with 76 undergradu­ate
and graduate degree programs. There are 360 fu ll-time
tenured or tenure-track faculty, 99 percent of whom hold
doctorates or equivalent terminal degrees.
UTSA is accredited by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools and has the only College of Business
in the area accredi ted by the American Association of
Collegiate Schools of Business.
Recently approved bachelor's degree programs include
communication, Mexican-American studies, philosophy and
tourism management. New master's degree programs in art
hi story, taxation and psychology also have been inaugurated.
The University is actively planning for new master's
degrees in architecture, political science and sociology as
well as new doctoral opportunities in bicultural-bilingual
studies, business , computer science, educational leadership
and engineering.
ACADEMIC DEGREl: SUMMARY
Baccalaureate: 48
Master's: 2'7
Doctorate: 1
UTSA ACADEMIC STRUCTURE
College of Business
Division of Accounting and
Information Systems
Division of Economics and
Finance
Division of Management
and Marketing
College of Fine Arts
and Humanities
Division of Art and
Architecture
Division of English,
Classics and Philosophy
Division of Foreign
Languages
Division of Music
CoUe,_ge of Sciences and
Engineering
Division of Earth and Physical
Sciences
Divisfon of Engineering
Division of Life Sciences
Division of Mathematics,
Computer Science and Statistics
College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences
Division of Behavioral and
Cultural Sciences
Division of Bicultural-Bilingual
Studies
Division of Education
Division of Social and Policy
Sciences
QUALITY OF UTSA STUDENTS
UTSA students must qualify for admission. High school class
rankings and SAT or ACT scores are used to determine eligibility
of en tering freshmen.
UTSA freshmen pass the Texas Academic Skills Proficiency test
at a higher rate than the state or South Texas average.
The GRE (Graduate Record Exam) scores for UTSA graduate
students have increased 75 points in the last five years.
UTSA attracts applicants who score at or above the state and
UTSA CAMPUS FACILITIES
The University of Texas at
San Antonio is located on a
600 acres south and west of
the Anderson Loop and 1-10
intersection. UTSA 's official
address is 6900 North Loop
1604 West, San Antonio,
Texas 78249. Phone: {210)
691-4690.
Major streets serving the
main UTSA campus include
John Peace Boulevard,
Babcock Road, UTSA
Boulevard, Walter Brenan
Avenue, James Bauerle
Boulevard, and Edward
Ximenes Avenue.
The Institute of Texan
Cultures, located in the
HemisFair Park in down­town
San Antonio, also is
part of UTSA. The lTC
opened in 1968 as the
Texas Pavilion at HemisFair.
national averages on the ACT and SAT. African-Americans and
Hispanics who enroll at UTSA have higher scores than the
expected scores for their groups both at the state and the national
levels.
UTSA accounting graduates are ranked fourth nationally in
passing the Uniform CPA Examination on the fi rst attempt.
UTSA human resource majors performed 30 percent above the
national average on the Human Resource Certi fication Exam. The
Human Resource Management Association has been ranked as one
The lTC maintains 50,000
square feet of exhibits on
the 30 ethnic and cultural
groups that settled Texas.
More than 400, 000 visitors
tour the./nstitute each
year. The fTC's address is
801 S. Bowie, San
Antonio, TX 78205.
Phone: (210) 558-2300.
The new UTSA Down­town
Campus is under
development on a 12-acre
site bounded by f-35 South
and Frio, Durango and Buena
Vista streets. Leased facilities
temporarily house downtown
programs in Cypress Tower,
1222 N. Main. Phone: (210)
558-2400.
The UTSA Library, located
in the John Peace Library
Building, offers a broad range
of electronic reference
resources and services and a
solid core of 500,000 books
and journals.
Permanent campus
facilities include an art gallery,
tennis courts, a residence
hall, playing fields, art
studios, greenhouses and the
Sombriffa, a unique outdoor
plaza.
Long-range development
on the UTSA campus is
guided by a campus master
plan, which calls for a com­prehensive
building program
to address critical space
shortages.
of the top live student organizations in the United States ror the
last six years.
Three UTSA music majors hold Presidential Honor Scholar­ships.
Music students took top awards at the National Association
of Teachers of Singing Competition and dominated the South'
Texas Association of Teachers of Singing Competition.
The debate team is ranked fifth nationally out of 400 member
schools.
UTSA has a comprehensive honors program for exceptionally
gifted undergraduates.
The Tomas Rivera Center for Student Advising provides
academic advising and learning assistance services for new
students.
UTSA ENROLLMENT
The official fall 1994 enrollment of 17,579 students at the
University of Texas at San Antonio was a new enrollment record.
UTSA continues to be one of the state's most rapidly growing
public universities.
The number of graduate students grew 24 percent in the fall of
1994 to a total of 2,804 students.
There were 6,116 Hispanic students enrolled, about 35 percent
of all students. There were 7,395 minority students enrolled,
nearly 42 percent of all students.
African-American student enrollment increased 13 percent
from 547 students to 620.
UTSA is predicted to be the fastest-growing four­year
institution in Texas through the year 2005.
Hispanics will account for the majority of that
growth.
With each year more UTSA students are being
drawn from throughout the South Texas
and Border region.
By the year 2000, UTSA
wi ll have 7,000 minorities
enrolled in "critical
fields" such as
science, engineer­ing,
business and
education.
20
15
10
UTSA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
One of the youngest NCAA Division I schools in the nation,
UTSA began athletic competition in 1981 . UTSA is San Antonio's
only Division I institution.
A member of the Southland Conference, UTSA fields teams in
14 sports- men's and women's basketball, men's and women's
cross country, men's golf, men's and women's indoor track and
field, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's outdoor
track and field, women's volleyball, men's baseball and women's
softball.
Athletic facilities include the 5,1 00-seat Convocation Center,
newly constructed stadiums for baseball and softball, lO lighted
tennis courts with seating for 500, the UTSA Track Center and the
Physical Education Building.
The men's basketball team advanced to the 1988 NCAA
Tournament and also became one of the first teams in history to
claim back-to-back titles in two different conferences, the Trans
America Athletic Conference in I 991 and the Southland Confer­ence
in 1992. The men's cross country team won five straight titles
in the TAAC (I 986-90). Women runners won nine straight titles in
the SLC in cross country,
and indoor and outdoor
track and field.
Each year UTSA
student-athletes in the
Roadrunners for Educa­tion
program visit I 50
elementary and middle
schools to discuss the
importance of staying in
school.
Capping an outstanding
I 993-94 athletic season,
the UTSA women brought
home the Southland
Conference's Belle Mead
Holm Trophy, which goes
to the conferences' top
all-around program. The
UTSA men finished
fourth in the race for the
Dick Oliver Trophy.
Business Building
The Umverts1ty of Texas at San Antonio
Ford. Powell and Carson ProJect Archl(ects
UTSA BUILDINGS PLANNED
Business Building
Scheduled for completion in the fall of I 996, this 205,000-
square-foot building will increase available classroom space
by 35 percent and provide a new home for UTSA's College of
Business, a University Visitor's Center, 100 additional faculty
offices, and various multi-purpose and conference rooms.
UTSA Downtown
Site and design plans for the initial phase of the UTSA
Downtown Campus have been approved. The first bui lding on
the 12-acre site bounded by I-35 South and Frio, Durango and
Buena Vista streets is scheduled for completion in I 997.
Engineering/Biotechnology Building (Phase II)
This phase will double the space contained in the Engineer­ing
Building and permit the full development of the doctoral
program in biology. Estimated cost of the 50.000 square-foot
project is $17 million. Construction is set for I 995 with
completion in 1997.
University Center Expansion
Approved by a student referendum and supported by
student fees, this $12 million expansion of the University
Center will triple the space available for UTSA's 150 student
organizations and provide expanded conference, recreation,
food service, retail services, informal study and social areas.
Construction will begin in the spring of 1995.
UTSA - AN OVERVIEW
The University of Texas at San Antonio is the city 's only
comprehensive public universi ty, with 17,579 students in
undergraduate and graduate programs.
Established in 1969 as an academic component of the UT
System, UTSA is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the 1994-
95 academic year with a series of special events.
More than 6, l 00 UTSA students - 35 percent of the total
enrollment -are Hispanic.
UTSA offers more than 74 undergraduate and graduate
degree programs. This year, graduate enrollment increased
nearly 24 percent.
During this decade UTSA is expected to continue as one of
the state's fastest-growing universities. Low tuition, extensive
financial aid programs and an outstanding faculty are factors
making UTSA increasingly an institution of first choice for
students.
About 2,000 UTSA students live on campus in the resi­dence
hall or in University Oaks Apartments, and more on­campus
housing is planned. There are about 150 student
organizations at UTSA.
UTSA is a powerful force for economic development in
San Antonio and South Texas. UTSA has a total annual
economic impact in Texas of more than $500 million.
UTSA RESEARCH
Funds derived from federal. state and local sources to support
research and public service at UTSA are an important part of the
University's budget and its economic impact on San Antonio.
Total funding for research and other sponsored programs has
steadily increased at UTSA during the last decade and is up more
than 14 percent over FY 1993.
During the FY 1994, UTSA spent $12,702,915 on research and
other sponsored programs, an increase of $1,519,382, over the
previous year.
Faculty members have been awarded numerous research grants
and contracts from federal agencies, including the National Science
Foundation, NASA, the National Institutes of Health and the
Department of Defense.
A $3.8 million Institution Research Award from NASA to research
advanced aeronautic technology will fund projects in engineering,
earth science, and space science. The grant provides increased
opportunities for under-represented minorities to participate in and
benefit from NASA and federal research programs.
The College of Sciences and Engineering has received a $3.7
million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct
biomedical research and to train undergraduate minority students
for careers in biomedical research.
The Center for Water Research conducts extensive research on the
hydrogeology of the carbonate aquifer systems in South Central
Texas.
The Hispanic Research Center provides an interdisciplinary focus
for research on Hispanic populations in the United States and in
Texas/South Texas in particular. The Center recen tly received a $1.5
million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to expand its
research efforts on substance use among Mexican American popula­tions.
The Institute for Studies in Business offers an interdisciplinary
approach to research and education by focusing on theories and
research to produce useful information for decision making.
The Center for Archaeological Research recently received a grant
to fund its Legacy program, which promotes the teaching of archae­ology
and anthropology in the public schools.
The Center for the Study of Women and Gender promotes multi ­disciplinary,
multicultural and global research on topics related to
women and gender. The Center recently sponsored a national
conference on U.S.-Latin-American Trade and Women.
RESEARCH/SPONSORED PROGRAMS
FY 1994
$12,702,915
Expenditures Sources of Funds
UTSA STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS
A set of Strategic Directions has been endorsed to guide UTSA's
development as one of the nation's leading metropolitan universities:
• UTSA will move toward national recogni tion as a model of the new
comprehensive metropolitan university.
• UTSA will become a national center of excellence for the education
of Hispanics at the master's and doctoral level. Equally, the
University will assume leadership in research on Hispanic issues.
• UTSA will become a model for university linkages with the city
and region to address goals of mutual concern.
• UTSA will become a center for international programs, with
particular emphasis on Inter-American programs.
UTSA MARKS OF EXCELLENCE
Thirty-four new faculty joined UTSA in the fall of 1994 from
universities throughout the U.S. and abroad. Two-thirds of these
faculty were women and minorities.
UTSA faculty members have earned 39 prestigious Fulbright
fellowships to teach and conduct research abroad.
The South Texas/Border Region Initiative is bringing more than
$70 million to UTSA for new programs and building projects from
state appropriations and tuition revenue bonds.
UTSA has been named to the 170-member National Association of
State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, joining six other select
institutions in Texas.
The University's Tomas Rivera Center for Student Advising on the
first floor of the John Peace Library Building provides learning
assistance, academic advising and counseling services.